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Fine win, vintage 2006

It was a big night for the University of Washington freshman class of 2006.
Real lacks glitz but not game

If star power lighted scoreboards, there wouldn't be much point in playing the 13th MLS Cup on Sunday: The Los Angeles Galaxy has it. Real Salt Lake doesn't.
Cougars senior class on cusp of making wrong kind of history

PULLMAN - This afternoon, barring an upset that would rank with the biggest in Pac-10 history, Sam Tennant will become part of the most infamous senior class in Washington State football history.
Zags' win 'hard to complain' about, Few says

SPOKANE - Gonzaga coach Mark Few is not given to easy praise for his team, but he could find little to criticize after Friday's 90-55 win over Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne.
M's might move top draft pick to second base

The Mariners made a flurry of moves Friday to put their 40-man roster in order, but they did nothing that was more surprising than to talk about moving top June draft pick Dustin Ackley from the outfield to second base.
Jennings to get fourth shot at golden ring

Renton - The carousel at cornerback has circled back to Kelly Jennings.
Sounders look ahead to 2010

Major League Soccer's season doesn't end until the final whistle of MLS Cup on Sunday, however Seattle Sounders FC is making plans for next season.
Another ex-Husky to return

This has been almost a homecoming week for the Washington Huskies' lost freshman class of 2006.
Lincecum's freakish, Cy Young freakish

NEW YORK - Talk about a freak - Tim Lincecum needed just 15 wins to bag another NL Cy Young Award.
Carlson wants ball, victories

Renton - The Seattle Seahawks' leading receiver from a year ago is having trouble getting his touches of late.
Geoducks rally to win thriller

OLYMPIA - For two years, Latrina Woods was out of college basketball, working and missing her favorite game.
Free agency lite? Mariners prepare

An offseason that has seen the Seattle Mariners sign Ken Griffey Jr. and Jack Wilson will heat up considerably Friday, and not just because teams on that day can begin making offers to free agents other than their own.
No regrets for Seahawks' Houshmandzadeh

Renton - Is T.J. Houshmandzadeh experiencing buyer's remorse?
UPS delivery: Menefee drops in 57

In a wild 108-97 win against the University of Puget Sound Tuesday at UPS Fieldhouse, The Evergreen State College's Nate Menefee scored 57 points, going 19-for-27 from the field and 16-for-16 from the free throw line, breaking school and conference records.
Oly grad Schick Zags' MVP - in practice, at least

She'll be at basketball practice, waiting to get into a drill.
Starry Galaxy wary of scrappy Salt Lake

The only obstacle between David Beckham's Los Angeles Galaxy and a Major League Soccer championship is an MLS Cup opponent that barely made the playoffs after finishing the regular season with a losing record.
K.C., Felix can't stop Greinke

For just the fourth time, the Cy Young Award went to a pitcher on a last-place team, as Kansas City Royals ace Zack Greinke easily beat a field of elite pitchers that included Seattle's Felix Hernandez.
Cougs survive upset bid

PULLMAN - As Klay Thompson goes, so goes the Washington State basketball team. And for the longest time Monday evening, Thompson and the Cougars were going absolutely nowhere.
What's going on around here? Mora wonders

Renton - After reviewing video of his team's 31-20 loss to Arizona, Seattle Seahawks Jim Mora had a long list of concerns he submitted to the league's officiating office on Monday for their consideration.
MLS week starts with praise for pairing

Major League Soccer's most glamorous team will appear in the league's most electric setting this weekend when MLS Cup visits Seattle.